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Would I recommend this cruise? In short ,Yes! Why? Price, accommodations and port of calls. This cruise ship was a great way to visit fun places in a short period of time while having a place to go home every night. You must keep in mind that you are given about 8 to 9 hours to visit the cities and points of interest, so you find yourself running like crazy. On this trip, I wish there would had been more time at Mykonos, Rome, Naples and/or Pisa/Florence and this could had been done if the cruise line would had skipped Toulon, though a nice little town, not the best way to impress your guest. Yet again, given that most guest were older (over 50) a stroll in a small town works just fine.

Tip of advice to those that won't take the tours with the cruise line:

- Go online and pick the places you want to visit at each city

- Search and plan the train schedules that you will use in each city you visit

- Find the best and fastest way to get to and from the port to your point of interest

- Hop - On - Hop Off types of excursions work best t if you want to take pictures from outside the venues

- No time for long museum visits - you miss a lot if you do, save it for when you visit just one city for multiple days

- Get a SIM card for your cell phone so that you can use Google map to get around - get info from your cell phone provider

- Carry some cash for last minute taxi rides

Food

We dinned in at one of their restaurant only 4 times, servers were prompt and courteous. Food was good and provided many options.

Most of the trip we decided to eat from the buffet at upper deck because we returned late from the excursions. The buffet provided plenty of options to choose from and stayed open a little late. The food was very good and always fresh.

Beverages

Plenty of options: wines, liquors, and if you are an american beer drinker then you are for a treat, order a six pack of Coors Light as the bottles are the 16 oz, rather than the 12 oz on all other beers, this will get you more for your money, but if Coors is not your beer then of course they have many more options.

Room/Restroom

We had a room with a window and it was spacious for the two of us. It was very quite and the A/C worked just fine, no issues. The bathroom had a sliding door separating the toilet from the rest of the restroom (keep in mind that his might be the standard for the highest price room but not expected for the $699 package that we paid for). The closet had more than enough space for our clothes, yet we only travel with two small carry on bags but it should be good for 2 big bags.

Entertainment

The night shows were good and fun to watch from magic shows to comedian to aerial performances.

I wish they would have had events/games/group dancing in the pool deck as we had great weather throughout the trip.

In summary, great value for the price, good food, entertainment, and nice ports.

Ship Experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Clean and good layout

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of Call

I love the city, but given that the port is far from the city, it would had been nice to had stay longer. Keep in mind that if you missed the train back to the port, you're done. Might as well take a train to you next destination because they don't run every 15 minutes.

Nice small town, the tourist center was well manage and the staff spoke several languages. However, we ended up in a restaurant that no one spoke any other language than France. Shame on me for not learning french in school.

Well said! The trip was great as stated! I would add the walls are magnetic so it was helpful to have magnetic hooks if you are an organized geek like my extended family and me. We would post the day's agenda on the wall for all to see in one place. I also used a heavy duty magnet to help with a clothes line I brought that I strung from the corner by the mirror to the towel bar on the bathroom door.

Have taken this trip twice as we saw all of the things we didn't see the 1st time around. Absolutely fantastic cruise with various ports. Would disagree with you about Toulon. On our 1st trip we did the "Provence Wine Tour" with another couple. It was the highlight of our cruise! As an added bonus, the French Airforce put on an air show over the harbor before we left.

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